Following is a summary of key information, updated daily, related to COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) and impacts in Watauga County and surrounding areas. Visit wataugademocrat.com/covid19 for additional coverage on the virus and its impacts. For editorial tips and questions, email editor@wataug… Read more
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- Gainey hired as assistant at Marquette
- Making medical supplies: Tsuga, Watauga Opportunities, Misty Mountain join cause to supply needed equipment
- Sam Martin ready to get started with Broncos
- WCS spring break will pause remote learning, meal distribution
- Social distancing urged as officials plan for COVID-19 peak in NC
- Making medical supplies: Tsuga, Watauga Opportunities, Misty Mountain join cause to supply needed equipment
- WCS spring break will pause remote learning, meal distribution
- Social distancing urged as officials plan for COVID-19 peak in NC
- High Country staff serve at Samaritan's Purse field hospitals in New York, Italy
- AppHealthCare, ARHS share guidance on cloth masks, face coverings
- Local government, AppalCART budgets could be impacted by COVID-19
- N.C. COVID-19 case count up to at least 2,674 with 39 dead
- ARHS seeks donations of hand sanitizer; AppHealthCare shares more ways to help
- Watauga Board of Ed to live-stream April 6 meeting
- Chief justice suspends in-person court proceedings until June 1
As the threat of COVID-19 hospital equipment shortages worry the country, companies are taking matters into their own hands. Three Boone businesses are using their abilities to make supplies for our community and others across the state and nation.
BOONE — With Watauga County Schools’ spring break scheduled for Monday through Friday, April 13-17, remote learning and meal distribution will cease during that time, school leaders confirmed.
BOONE — As experts try to predict when COVID-19 cases will peak in North Carolina, health officials urge the public to continue practicing social distancing — and one scorecard says Watauga residents are heeding the advice.
NEW YORK — Twenty-two staff from the High Country area were among 90 personnel working at a New York City field hospital in Central Park established by Boone-based Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse as of April 2, according to spokesperson Kaitlyn Lahm.
The following information is courtesy of the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
RALEIGH — The number of North Carolina residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 rose to 3,221 as of 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, April 7, with 354 people hospitalized with the virus, according to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. According to the Raleigh News & Observer, th…
On June 9, 1936, Dr. Len Hagaman delivered Richard William Win…
Hazel Tate, 105, of Blowing Rock, N.C., passed away April 1, 2020.
Raymond Egger, 77, of Roan Mountain, TN., passed away April 2, 2020.
Patricia Wilcox Cook, 80, passed away on April 2, 2020 due to …
James M. “Jim” Cameron, 69, of Flat Top Road, Blowing Rock, N.…
During the past two weeks, Gov. Roy Cooper and local officials have imposed a regulatory regime of increasing severity on North Carolinians. Their stated goal is to slow the spread of COVID-19 so the number of cases requiring hospitalization won’t shoot far above the maximum capacity of hosp…
The message below is one you’ve probably seen not only on the front page of your Watauga Democrat but similarly on the front pages of other newspapers across North Carolina. The reason for that is the reason for the message itself: We are all in this together.
To fight the coronavirus at home, France is removing all military forces from Iraq.
A recent report by Chris Stewart has shed new light on some of the educational problems faced by black youth. The report is titled “The Secret Shame: How America’s Most Progressive Cities Betray Their Commitment to Educational Opportunity for All.” Stewart is a self-described liberal and CEO…
I feel obligated to introduce a countervailing voice to some of the recent opinion pieces published here that have been critical of contemporary progressive politics. It is not my intention to direct any insults at individuals or to demean another’s beliefs. I do feel that I must point out t…
Bagpipes play as the American flag is brought down Appalachian Ski Mtn on Saturday, March 7, 2020, as part of the Wounded Warrior Project's "Heroes on the Mountain" event.
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